Researching net zero emissions by 2050 in the global energy sector provides an opportunity to limit global warming to 1.5 °C.

Since the Paris Agreement in 2015, technologies and policies have helped shave 1°C off projected warming, but much more is needed to reach net zero and avert the worst effects of climate change.

The world is set to add as much renewable power in the next five years as it did in the past twenty, overtaking coal as the largest source of electricity generation.

By 2030, more than one in every two cars sold in the United States, European Union and China could be electric. And heat pumps are set to nearly double their share of heating in buildings over the same period.

The IEA's pathway to net zero by 2050 sets out over 400 milestones for what needs to be done to reach climate and energy goals. Here are some of the key ingredients: